JOHN CHRISTIAN CRELLIN (b. 1788, d. 1842),

the only son of Deemster Crellin and Charlotte, only daughter of
Thomas Christian, of Ballachurry, Andreas, obtained a commission as
lieutenant in the Sixth Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), for which
regiment he raised twenty-four troopers from the Isle of Man. Shortly
afterwards he exchanged into the 4th, "King's Own," but, owing to
ill-health, he was soon obliged to resign without seeing, any active
service. He returned to the island in 1816, and was, in 1817, elected
a member of the House of Keys, to which he continued to belong for 25
years. He was Chairman of the Highway Board for a long time, and, in
this connexion, it may be mentioned that he was the means of
substituting granite for wood as the substance of the roadside
drinking troughs throughout the island. He was a keen horticulturist,
being the introducer, among other things, of the red flowering
currant tree to the island.